Gaza's government media office has said that 16,000 of more than 39,000 people that have been killed by Israel in its war on Gaza are children.

The office added it had registered the deaths of 34 children from malnutrition, and that the figure includes 10,859 women who have been killed, according to Arab News. 

Nearly 90 Palestinians have been killed and 200 wounded in Israel's new offensive on Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip.

With Israel's reinvasion of the city and its surrounding area upwards of 400,000 Palestinians have been displaced, according to Gaza's civil defense. The evacuation zone includes parts of Al-Mawasi, which was previously designated a "humanitarian zone" by Israel.

Additionally, the UN has warned that the Nasser Medical Complex "faces a new mass casualty influx, amid a dire lack of blood units, medical supplies and hospital beds" as a result on renewed strikes on Khan Younis.

In the first weeks of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip in Oct. 2023, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said, “Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children.” Elder added, “The threats to children go beyond bombs and mortars.”